#C49F2D#C49F2D

#C49F2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.132 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49F2D
RGB	rgb(196, 159, 45)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 77%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, 2.49, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 60.59, 87.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% 0.0004 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.132 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6389, 36.7238, 7.6934)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49F2D #2D52C4

analogous

#C4532D #C49F2D #9EC42D

triadic

#C49F2D #2DC49F #9F2DC4

tetradic

#C49F2D #2DC453 #2D52C4 #C42D9E

square

#C49F2D #2DC453 #2D52C4 #C42D9E

split-complementary

#C49F2D #2D9EC4 #532DC4

monochromatic

#604E16 #927722 #C49F2D #D8B856 #E4CD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C49F2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#C49F2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49F2D

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49F2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49F2D	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49f2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 159, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.132 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb6f',
    500: '#c49f2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49f2d;
$custom-light: #dabb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49f2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.298,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71709,
    "c": 0.13229,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49F2D

secondary

#8093CD

accent

#6AE642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49F2D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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